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LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

3798

1996 Health (Child Safety) 40c Teddy Bear sheet stamp SG 2000a (CP T68a), unmounted, CP Cat $NZ2000 (£800). With the redrawn 40c, without Teddy Bear, for comparison. [A non-marginal example sold at our auction of 30.9.2015 for $625] The proposed design caused an outcry because the baby should have been facing the rear of the car to comply with safety regulations. The stamps were immediately withdrawn & redesigned. However, some were sold by NZ Post and commercially used examples are known. (2)

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3799

1996 Health (Child Safety) 40c Teddy Bear self-adhesive stamp SG 2003a (CP T68b) marginal example from the base of the sheet, CP Cat $NZ2000 (£1000). With the redrawn 40c for comparison. See previous Lot.

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Estimate AU$800

SOLD for AU$650.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3800

OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1954-63 QEII 2d green as SG O161 imperforate plate proof block of 4 in the issued colour on gummed watermarked paper, wide margins, unmounted. Probably from the Imprematur sheet.

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3801

POSTAL FISCALS: 1931-58 Arms mint selection comprising 1/3d lemon x2 (one **), 1/3d orange x2, 1/3d yellow & black x3, 2/6d brown x2, 4/- red, 5/- green x3 (one **), 6/- rose, 7/- blue x2 (one **), 7/6d olive-grey, 8/- slate x2, 9/- brown-orange x2 (one **), 10/- carmine x3 (two **), 12/6d plum, 15/- sage-green x2 (one **), £1 pink x4 (two **), £2 purple ** & £4 blue **, a few are marignal singles, condition quite mixed some with aged gum or minor toning so inspection is recommended. (33) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$420.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3802

POSTAL FISCALS: 1939 Surcharges '35/-' on 35/- orange-yellow SG F186, well centred, unmounted, Cat £950.

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3803

REVENUES: Array of QV issues with Imperf 2/6d x3 7/6d 10/- & 'FINE/PAID' x2 on five pieces, 1867 array of shades of the 1d x19 & 1/- x70 and a defective 9/-, De La Rue Tall Stamps range to £1 plus a page of better denominations including £3/10/-, £4/10/- 'FIFTY/POUNDS' with Larger or Smaller Lettering, £300 & £800 with 'EIGHT HUNDRED' Displaced Downwards (punctured, otherwise fresh & very fine), condition variable. Handy study lot. (150 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3804

FLIGHT COVERS: 1920 (April 12) Auckland-Kawhia-Auckland pioneer flight by Bishop Cleary in a Walsh Brothers & Dexter Boeing seaplane with KGV 1½d brown tied by largely very fine 'KAWHIA' cds and a very fine strike of the 'PER FIRST SEAPLANE MAIL' small handstamp on the face, 'GLENFIELD/14 AP 20' arrival backstamp, New Zealand Airmail Catalogue #16c, Cat $1200, minor blemishes.

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$200.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3805

POSTAL HISTORY: 1942-44 New Zealand Commission in London POW Mail with 'NZ' Perfins comprising 1942 OHMS cover to the Swiss POW Agency with GB KGVI ½d green & 2½d blue, censored with British label; two similar covers from 1943 & 1944 with KGVI 3d violet solos, the latter censored again in transit with German label & h/s; and 1943 NZ POW Enquiry Office cover from London by air to the Swiss Red Cross with KGVI 2d orange pair censored with NZ Crowned 'PASSED/DDA/3' h/s presumably applied in the NZ Commissioner's office; a couple of minor blemishes. (4) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

Palestine

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3806

PSE

POSTAL HISTORY: 1930s-40s commercial covers virtually all with multi-value frankings of the Pictorials series with up to Eight Colours, strength in the WWII period with a good variety of censor labels & cachets, numerous airmails, also registered, express, OAT AV2 & jusqu'a usages, taxed, advertising, rabbinical, Printed Matter, Postal Cards & Aerogrammes, excellent array of destinations including Allied Occupation of Germany, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, French India, Holland, Iraq, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Sweden & Yugoslavia, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. Ex Brian Pope and partly prepared by him for display, providing an excellent basis for a fascinating exhibit. (200 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12)

Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

Pitcairn Islands

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3807

1967 Discovery Anniversary original artwork prepared by Victor Whiteley comprising 1) five pencil sketches on tracing paper (stamp size 113x78mm approx) of designs of the vignette portions close to those issued; 2) seven pencil or pen & ink rough sketches of canoes & indigenous peoples portions of which were incorporated into the issued ½d design; and 3) issued stamps singles & blocks and two FDCs, all the sketches and one of the FDCs autographed by the artist, a few of the sketches with minor marks or blemishes. A marvellous group of great interest to thematic collectors also. (12 items + stamps & covers)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3808

1967 Admiral Bligh Death Centenary original artwork prepared by Jennifer Toombs comprising 1) ten preliminary design sketches on one page (246x195mm) showing the layout & colours three with lettering & denominations in china white (tape stains affect two sketches) signed by the artist and dated "1967"; 2) Captain Bligh sketch in black ink on acetate; 3) 'Cast Adrift' sketch in black ink & pencil on paper signed by the artist dated "1967"; 4) tracing of QEII portrait in black ink on acetate with pencil trace-offs of Bligh & Lifeboat in the lower corners signed by the artist dated "1967"; and 5) 'Bligh's Tomb' sketch in black ink on acetate. Plus note on RPSofL letterhead explaining design origins signed by the artist & colour photograph of Bligh's tomb. A marvellous group of great interest to thematic collectors also. (5 items + notes)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3809

1969-75 Pictorials 15c Fletcher Christian's Cave with Gold Embossing (Queen's Head) Completely Omitted SG 102a, light pencil ownership marking on the reverse, unmounted, Cat £1000. A striking variety & a 'must have' for collectors of Caves.

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3810

1972 South Pacific Commission Anniversary original artwork prepared by Jennifer Toombs for the 20c Economy value being a pencil sketch on acetate with partial denomination but no country name, signed by the artist in black pen, with a copy of a 2010 email from the artist identifying the actual people in the design, also two blocks of 4 of the issued stamp and a solo franking on 1975 airmail cover to USA, plus non-contemporary miniature painting of 'View of Adamstown from Christian's Cove' signed J Toombs '92 being the image used on the 1969 Pictorials 15c Fletcher Christian's Cave designed by her. (sketch, painting, stamps & cover)

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$340.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3811

1982 Fruit original artwork prepared by Daphne Padden comprising 1) page (203x211mm) with rough pencil sketches coloured with watercolours of four designs with the 'open book' concept endorsed "Drawings of foliage etc to suggest engravings - realistic treatment of fruit"; 2) tracing paper (170x214mm) with detailed pencil drawings of the Lemon & Pawpaw designs; 3) separate artwork (each 200x210mm approx) in close to the issued colours for the 9c Lemon, 20c Pomegranate & 70c Pawpaw but with major design differences including the placement of the Royal cypher & denominations, and 4) finished artwork (215x131mm) closely resembling the issued stamp for the 9c Lemon except as a "20c" denomination on red background dated "1979", each item signed "D Padden", very fine. Plus issued stamps using these designs (one 9c signed "D Padden" in the margin) and a First Day Cover of the set autographed by the artist. A marvellous group chronicling the evolution of the designs and of great interest to thematic collectors also. (11 items)

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$850.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3812

BOOKLET: 1940 4/8d black/green with single staple SG B1, complete with one marginal example each of the KGVI Pictorials ½d to 2/6d from the right of the sheets so inserted face-down, mottled interleaving & minor rust at the staple still one of the finest examples we have seen & the first we have offered for many years. KGVI Expertising Certificate (2012). One of the scarcest booklets of the KGVI period.

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Estimate AU$2,500

SOLD for AU$1,900.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

Postal History

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3813

MAPS & CHARTS: 1775 (circa) 'Carte et Vues de l'Isle Pitcairn' topographical map & four side elevations (252x181mm) published by Robert Bernard as part of an atlas with 'Tome I Pl.9' inscription at upper-right, ironed-out central fold & a few minor aging marks. The longitude is incorrectly given as '133.30' instead of '133.06'. When the island was discovered by Philip Carteret aboard HMS 'Swallow' in 1767, his ship did not carry a chronometer. This error allowed the Bounty mutineers to remain 'hidden' on Pitcairn for 19 years.

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Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3814

1922 (April) long cover unfranked to "Mrs Gerald D Bliss, Cristobal, Canal Zone" with manuscript endorsement "Posted at Pitcairn/Isle" in red ink at top enclosing two letters from Richard E Christian Island Secretary (and later Postmaster) one dated "April 14" headed "Dear friends" ordering kerosene, muslin & cotton cloth, the other dated "April 5th" to Mrs Bliss personally ordering thread, minor transmission marks & slightly trimmed at right, the letters with minor folds. Ex Humphrey Norvill. Gerald Bliss was the US Postmaster at Cristobal, Canal Zone, and operated an unofficial clearing station for mail from Pitcairn Island. He and his wife acted as suppliers of basic needs to the islanders, as well as selling their handicrafts. In 1970, some 78 covers (and 143 letters) sent to the Bliss family were discovered in Florida, most of which have ended up in institutions. It appears from the Bliss correspondence that mail lodged shortly before the departure of a ship would not receive a 'No Stamps Available' cachet, but rather a manuscript endorsement. (cover + 2 letters)

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Estimate AU$2,000

SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3815

1922 (late) cover unfranked to "Capt AJ Charman, S/S Waimana, c/o Shaw Savill and Albion Office, Wellington, New Zealand" with a very fine complete strike of the 'POSTED AT PITCAIRN ISLAND/NO STAMPS AVAILABLE' cachet SG C2 (70x8mm; Cat £2750 on cover) in violet at lower-left, Auckland '23NO22' transit cds on face and Wellington 'LETTER CARRIERS/27NO22' arrival backstamp, re-directed to the shipping line's London office, a few mostly minor edge faults & a couple of small aging marks. Ex Humphrey Norvill. See also Lot 3817 below for an example of this cachet in black (unlisted). A similar example on a cover to the Canal Zone sold at a London auction in 2005 for £1680. Referring to mail from the 1921-26 postal concession period, the Humphrey Norvill catalogue (26.11.1999) states that "it is estimated from the published work of Carriker and Field that there are less than 30 covers in private hands". That sale contained nine such items (or eleven if the two covers with manuscript endorsements are included). In 2005, ten such items from the Bliss correspondence were offered (four of which were with manuscript endorsements). The James Brill collection sold in 2010 included only four items (plus a piece & a 1929 Iremonger cover). The David Murray Brown collection features 16 items from this period - including the manuscript endorsement in the previous lot - comprising six ex Norvill & two ex Brill as well as eight items not previously offered there.

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Estimate AU$2,000

SOLD for AU$2,100.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3816

1923 (early) large-part parcel wrapper (235x120mm) unfranked to "Capt JJ Cameron, RMS Remuera, c/- New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand" with a largely very fine complete strike of the 'Posted at Pitcairn/Island no stamps/available' cachet SG C4a (73½x22mm; Cat £2750 on cover; the only recorded example) in red at lower-right, Wellington '25FE23' arrival cds on face, re-directed to the shipping line's London office with violet handstamp alongside, minor folds & blemishes largely clear of the markings. Ex Humphrey Norvill where it was described as "believed to be the only known example of the semi-official cachet period for use on a parcel" [our emphasis], and we do not know of any other. The RMS 'Remuera' was a passenger liner which called 2-3 times per year at Pitcairn during the 1920s sailing between Southampton & Auckland, New Zealand. In June 1923 the ship brought a supply of galvanised iron roofing to Pitcairn: see also Lot 3818 below.

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Estimate AU$2,000

SOLD for AU$2,200.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3817

1923 (mid) cover unfranked to England with a very fine complete strike of the 'POSTED AT PITCAIRN ISLAND/NO STAMPS AVAILABLE' cachet SG C2 (70x8mm; Cat £2750 on cover) in black (unrecorded colour) at upper-right, Auckland '13AU23' transit backstamp, on arrival apparently incorrectly taxed with '3D/TO PAY/75' handstamp for double deficiency and Great Britain Postage Dues 3d violet affixed on the face tied by 'MARYPORT/28 SP/23' cds, a few mostly minor edge faults & a couple of small aging marks. See also Lot 3815 above for an example of this cachet in violet. A similar marking in violet on a cover to the Canal Zone sold at a London auction in 2005 for £1680. The postal concession provided for only the postage payable to be charged, not the 'double deficiency' usually charged for unfranked mail. The British Empire letter rate at this time was 1½d for the first 1oz, 2d up to 3ozs then ½d per additional 1oz. The 3d charged equates to postage for an item weighing between 4-5ozs, which seems highly unlikely. Much more likely is that the item weighed 1oz or less, making this an instance of incorrect double deficiency charged on a postal concession item.

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Estimate AU$2,000

SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

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